From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 13:16:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37EA337B401 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:16:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out005.verizon.net (out005pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CC8B43F3F for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:16:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Received: from envy.homeunix.com ([4.47.68.94]) by out005.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.33 201-253-122-126-133-20030313) with ESMTP id <20030417201630.EABT25152.out005.verizon.net@envy.homeunix.com>; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:16:30 -0500 Received: from soupnazi.org (lust.pdx.soupnazi.org [192.168.1.2]) by envy.homeunix.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3HKGTln041077; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:16:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:16:19 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: Brent Bailey From: Jim Mock In-Reply-To: <1737.66.63.99.171.1050608708.squirrel@bmyster.com> Message-Id: <73AF04A0-7111-11D7-B269-000393460DB2@soupnazi.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out005.verizon.net from [4.47.68.94] at Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:16:30 -0500 cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user toor ??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:16:32 -0000 On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 12:45 PM, Brent Bailey wrote: > Can anyone tell me what function does the user "toor" that is put in > by default by FBSD install do? It's a backup root user. > im told its a security risk ...but unsure what it does ?? I'm told a lot of things too, but that doesn't mean I believe all of them :-) If you're excessively paranoid, you can remove the user, but if someone can get into your machine and crack root/toor's password, you've got bigger issues to worry about. - jim -- - jim mock mij@{soupnazi|opendarwin}.org jim@{bsdnews|FreeBSD}.org - - editor in chief, BSD News: http://bsdnews.org http://soupnazi.org -